The report, which came from acting director Jeff Horton, who said that the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation, would be doing the checks as soon as possible to keep the outbreak of food poisoning under control in state-regulated health facilities.

This sweep for contaminated products comes after a number of the salmonella sicknesses and deaths were connected with nursing home food and hospital food.

In the last month, over 500 people have taken sick after eating contaminated peanut butter products. One of the eight related deaths took place in North Carolina, though the bacteria made people ill in 43 different states.